Simply Scrapping Crafts Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to Simply Scrapping Crafts First Annual Holiday Hop! 

We have quite a line-up for you today filled with lots of holiday inspired goodies! The  DT has been busy working in Santa’s workshop creating a sled full of gorgeous holiday projects to help you decorate, scrapbook or use for gifts!. Be sure to comment on all of the blogs along the way because we have "hidden" some extra special treats for you. There is no way to tell where we have them stashed, so be sure not to miss out! Some of our hop hosts are giving an extra entry for becoming a follower. Who doesn't appreciate more chances to win right?

All winner will be announced on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 via the DT blogs and also in the hop room at SSC, You have until 11:59PM EST tonight, December 4th, 2010 to comment for your chance to win. All you need to do is click on each link and leave a comment as you hop along to the end of the list. Are you ready for a Holly Jolly Holiday Hop? Let's get to hoppin'!

I chose to do a tutorial on melting a digital colored image onto a candle.

Easy Peasy!

Supplies: Tissue paper, wax paper, digital or stamp image, Copic or other coloring medium, heat gun, card stock and glue stick. (glue stick and card stock only if you are using a digital image)

Glue corners of tissue paper onto card stock to print the digital image.

 This is what your digital image looks like on the tissue paper
Photo is kinda bright wouldn't you say! The photo's were taken at night ....sorry

Colored your image with your favorite medium. I used Copics. You are unable to blend like you do on regular paper, however, as you can see you still get great variations. Place something under the tissue paper to catch the ink for it goes through the tissue paper quite easily.

This is a picture to show you how much ink went through the tissue paper.

Cut out your image as close to the lines,  it is okay if there is some tissue left surrounding the image.

Spit on the image!!! LOL I wet the tip of my finger and slightly moisten a few corners to help the tissue paper stick to the candle. You do not want to wet the black lines wet for they will bleed.

Wrap your wax paper around the candle making a handle in the back to hold onto tightly. This will keep a tight seal around the image. Make sure there are no wrinkles or air pockets.  You can also secure it with rubber bands. Tidbit: Rubber Bands in Pittsburgh are called "gum bands!"

Use a heat gun to heat the wax paper. What will happen is the heat gun will melt the wax coating on the wax paper and seals your image. You want to keep moving the heat gun so you do not melt the candle. Don't put it as close as I have in the picture or it will melt for sure!. Heat until you see everything turn shiny. This will take several minutes to do.

 

The final results. Large candle 1.50...everything else I had. 

Don't forget to leave a comment to be eligible for the drawing and you will have two chances if you become a follower or are a follower. Susanna from Susanna  Custom Arts and Cards Design is helping to sponsor my blog on the hop. The lucky winner will win a $15.00 Gift Certificate for SCACD

You want to make sure you comment on all of the DT's blogs. The next blog you should go to is Amy's. If you were here first you want to go to the beginning of the hop and start at SSC  or go straight to Maureen's blog.

GOOD LUCK!!!

Maureen    http://stampandscrapwithmaureen.blogspot.com/
Theresa     http://procrastinatingscrapper.blogspot.com/
Nikki           http://gracie33.blogspot.com/
Rona          http://scraprona.blogspot.com/
Colleen      http://cardsdelight.blogspot.com/You are here
Amy           http://amybeansblog.blogspot.com/
Clare         http://bearydocardsinc.blogspot.com/
Pryn           http://mochavation.blogspot.com/

Tammy      http://tmaynard.blogspot.com/

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DT Teddy- Stampers Challenge

Hello there! Are you hopping around going nuts in the malls or are you  like me and shop in your PJ's at home?  What's on your Christmas wish list this year? Me, I don't want much...just a  new craft room!! I have all my supplies in the spare bedroom and it is getting mighty crowded in there! I don't even have any space left under the bed. KWIM!

It's Friday wahooo! Every other Friday is Teddy-Stampers challenge! This week we are being sponsored by Elisabeth Bell! How awesome is that?  I was on Elisabeth's GDT and it was awesome,  who cannot love her adorable images! The random winner will win the beautiful digi I used in  my card today! Is she not sweet? I did a card similar to this one when I was on the DT, it was done in a hurry due to family matters and I hated it then and I hated now, so I tore it apart and did the whole thing over!! I love it. I did switch directions of the posing, because I like my images facing the right for some unknown reason! That is one of the beauties of digital images.Also,  I made a 3D tree instead of using the one in the digi. So come and join the fun and possible win this awesome digi created by the talented Elisabeth Bell!

Isn't it beautiful! I love it and my parents will receive it next week!!

The top of the card is 3 layers, 4 counting the scallop. I cut the DP and green card stock at the same time with my circle Nestability so they would line up exactly. I took a sheet of white card stock and dry embossed it and then slightly went over the top of it with a green ink pad to make it look like wall paper. I made the scallop by placing the the circle die with a larger scallop die on the green card stock and ran it through my Cuttle Bug at the same time. If you look closely you will see it is thicker on the left side and below the packages it is even thinner, but I was able to make it work!  I used think foam to separate the circle from the dry embossed cardstock. I really love the way it turned out. It is so much prettier in person!

Challenges: 
  

• Teddy-Stampers: Christmas Teddy
• Dutch Dare Card Challenge: Winter
• Aifactory: Winter
• Stampavie and more snow flake
•  ABC Christmas Card: Christmas
• A Crafty Little Place: Anything goes 
• Scrap-Creations: Anything goes

 

Supplies:

• Copics
• skin: E11, E00, E000
• Hair: E31, E35, R20
• PJ's. RV02, RV00
• Blue: B23, B21 and B00

 Here is the original image... isn'tshe just adorable? Love it!

And this was Elisabeth's inspiration, her daughter! Cute as a button!

Tip Of The Day:   Awesome blog hop tomorrow!

Come to SSC's, Simply Scrapping Crafts for there will be lots of prizes, tutorials and fun!! I will have a great tutorial for you and and a random winner will win a $15.00 gift certificate to Susana's Custom Art and Card Design!!  Wait until you see what the rest of the DT's has plan for you! Don't forget December 4th.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugzzzz

Happy December 1st!

Hello Friends! I cannot believe I am writing December 1!! Wow, in a month it will all be over with....so sad! We are going to Florida this year to spend some awesome time with the kids who live there. We have kids all over the states from Nevada, Eastern PA, Western PA and Florida. My parents are in Arizona...sure would be nice if we were all in one place. But, I always look forward to the time we get to share with all of them....well, most of the time! KWIM!!

Today I have two Christmas Cards I made and I am really happy with both of them! The first one is with an image by Digi Doodle Shop called Santa's arrival. The second I saw this digi I knew I had to color it! If you want to see beautiful, fun, loving...huge variety of images you need to go for they are awesome! Right now all of Digi Doodles Christmas images are 50 percent off!! Yes, 50 %  RUN! You surely will not be disappointed! I will be doing several cards with her images over the next few days and you will see why I love them so!

My second card is made with a red rubber stamp by Stampabilities called Winters Wish! I forgot how much I love doing scenery! I love the way it turned out...much better than last years!

Challenges  Why so many? Because I want everyone to see our Blog Hop at SSC and all the info is at the bottom of my posting!! Trust me this was very, very time consuming to enter this many challenges, so please come and hop with us!

• ABC Christmas Challenge: Christmas or Yuletide card
• Creative Belli Blog: Embellishments that start with an R
• Gingersnap Creations: Snowmen or Snow People
• Stampavie and More: Snow
• A Spoonful of Sugar: 3PP, 3 flowers or buttons, 3 gems
• Art Inkables: Die Cuts or Punches
• Crafty Little Place: Anything goes
• Digital Tuesday Challenge: Digital and Animals at Christmas Time
• My Time to Craft: Vintage
• Scrap Creations: Anything Goes
• Tuesday Taggers: Jolly old St. Nick
• Tuesday Throwdown: Embellishments
• Cupcake Craft Challenge: Light it up...candle anywhere on your card
• Karber Weekly Challenge: Digi and Sparkle
• OLCB: Inspire by a Christmas Song 
• Paper Playtime: Christmas Carroll
• The Pink Elephant: Blue, Green and Red
• Stamps R Us:  Holiday Cards
• Crafty Hos" Challenge: Photo inspiration....snowman
• The Crafty Pad: Snowflakes
• Ginger loft: Bows
• I Did It Creations: Surprise me
• One Stitch at a Time: Bling it up!
• Scrappy Frogs Challenge: Christmas
• Craft Calendar: Snowflake
• Digi Doodle Shop: Snow

 Digi Doodle: Santa's Arrival! I love the way the fireplace came out!

Copics:  

• Dress: YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97
• Dog: E18, E15, E13
• Cat: W5, W3, W01, W00
• Apples and Santa and Stocking: R29, R27,R24, R21
• Wood and Fire Place: E50, E51, E53, E55
• Stone: E44, E43, E42, E53, E40, 
• Morter: E51, E51
• Green Stocking: BG93, BG96, BG99
• Basket: E74,E71, E70

Winters Wish

Copics:

• Sleigh and red coat: R39, R37, R35, R32
• Roof: E74, E71, E70
• Blue for snow: B0000, B000
• Green: G03, G00, G000
• House: E31, E30

TIP OF THE DAY! Adding Ribbon to your card. When you are adding thick ribbon or any ribbon to your card, it is too hard to try and wrap it around the card and tie the bow. What I do...place the ribbon on the outside of the card stock and only tuck the ends in with Scor-tape.  Tie a piece of string around your ribbon to pull it slightly taunt as in the picture.

Make the bow using Bow Easy and directions on how to use Bow Easy by Suzanne Dean are here!

Cut the excess string off. Attache your bow using Scor-tape to where you pulled the ribbon a little bit taunt and you will have the appearance your ribbon and bow are one piece of ribbon!  See Picture below: Easy Peasy.

And this is what I don't want you to miss!!!

I will have a great tutorial for you and and to a random winner a $15.00 gift certificate to Susana's Custom Art and Card Design!!  You could buy two Bow Easy's! You have to come to SSC's, Simply Scrapping Crafts for there will be lots of prizes, tutorials and fun!! Wait until you see what the rest of the DT's has plan for you! Don't forget December 4th.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugzzzz

Tuesday's Party Time!

Hello friends! Did you enjoy your holiday weekend? We had a quiet day at home which I believe was the first year we didn't spend it with my parents or any of the kids and it was nice!  We made dinner together and usually you cannot have both of us in the kitchen at the same time and we did just fine!! Well, we're both still alive!! Only kidding! A lot of the western states are getting snow and so far we have had none...last years 60 inches were enough to last me awhile!

It's Tuesday and ya all know what that means by now! It's party time! Awesome blog and especially this time of year when your making Christmas cards, place settings, gifts and what knots. It is nice to take a break and do a birthday card, which has nothing to do with Christmas! Well, that is what Party Times Tuesday is all about...making birthday cards! You still have a challenge, but a birthday sentiment must appear on the front of your card!  I received an order for 3 boy's birthdays cards from the age of 9 -11. Making men's cards rather they are 2 or 92 is always a challenge for me. I am so used to putting  flowers, ribbons, bling or bows on my cards! Are you the same way...it really makes you stop and think? I was smart enough to ask if they were in any sports or  likes or dislikes and here is the reply I received: one likes TV computer games, another  plays football and the last one likes to ride his bike.  Well, the next question I had was what are the school colors for the football player, black and green.  I had that one and the computer games picked. But, I didn't have an image for the bike rider. Well, let me tell ya...it almost killed me, but I figure all boys like baseball and being in Baltimore the colors should be orange and black......I apologize Pittsburgh, my home town of black and gold!  Presenting my 3 birthday cards for the boys! Don't forget to visit my team mates for Party Time Tuesdays for they have awesome creations for you! You can visit them through my side bar too!

Challenges:

• Party Time Tuesday: Any thing goes! My cup of tea!
• The Crazy Challenge: On the go! Same as anything goes!
• Karber Weekly Challenge: Sparkle
• Lexi's Creations: Blue and Silver (I wasn't sure if you had to use their digi's)
• The Pink Elephant: Blue, Green and Red I'm pushing it here! I have all 3 colors just on different cards!
• Scrapmaster's Paradise: Color...a little pushing
• There She Goes: Kids cards! I am totally safe on this one!!
• Woodware USA: Anything goes

This first one is by Mo Digital Pencil and you can find it here.

 The next two are from Kenny K and you can find them here!

Did I do okay for boy cards! Plain and simple!

 Tip of the Day:

Big blog hop on December 4 with lots of goodies including one on my blog!

A new blog is starting the beginning of the new year and the challenge will be to make a Christmas Card all year long... so we don't end up in this hurried mess again next year!! heehhe  It is the CraftyHazelnuts Christmas Challenge by Debbie Harris. Right now she is having a blog candy giving this beautiful paper from My Mind's Eye! Isn't it pretty? You only have until Midnight tonight to sign up for this great DP so RUN on over!

Happy week to ya and thank you for stopping in! 

Party Time Tuesday

Hello blog land! Ya know I keep promising myself that I am going to post every day and before I know it almost a week has gone by.  Good thing I belong to several DT's so I get on here a few times a week! Can you believe in 32 days...think about this....in 32 days Christmas will be over with!!! I am like stunned. I had several card orders and kept putting them off and off and really believed I had another week to get them done...well, the shock of my life was when I realized this week was Thanksgiving and I had five cards to get done NOW....talking about freaking out!! And I don't know about you, but when I am stressed out my MoJo goes for a hike! I'll tell ya, I just couldn't think and it seemed like every card looked the same, but with a different image on it. LOL You know I have a friend who lays awake at night and imagines sketches for her cards. Not me!! I make them up as I go. Do you know how your card or layout looks like before you start? I would really like to know the answer to that!!! For I surely don't. I tear a card apart several times before I am done. Once in a blue moon I will have a card  from beginning to end go as smooth as silk and I relish them!!

My card today has a sweet Mo's Digital Pencil image and I just love her. I think everybody has one or two of Mo's images for they are the cutest, sweetest and even funny ones! If your not familiar with them...check her site out and I promise you will not be disappointed. There are images for everyone's taste!

Party Time Tuesday Challenge Blog  is all about making birthday cards!! Each week no matter what the challenge is.... you must have a birthday sentiment on the front of your card!! This is a blog you want to belong to for if you are like me...I am always behind with birthday cards!! Let me tell ya, you will love PTT and don't forget to hop on over to see the wonderful creations my team mates have made to inspire you!!

Challenges:

• DT Party Time Tuesday: 1 image, 2 DP, 3 different embellishments
• Mark's Finest Paper: Circle 
• Daring Cardmakers: 3 of something. I have 3 main layers which, all have 3 layers. 
• Karber Weekly Challenge: 2 or more DP, Digi Image 
• Stamp R Us: Scallops and sparkles
• One Stitch At A Time: Season or Event
• 
  

Tip of the Day: You have card stock, dies, markers, punches, glitter, flowers, but your tired of doing the same thing over and over again. Well, let me tell ya...if you want to learn 100's of  new things you can do with all your gadgets and supplies then Gina K TV is where you want to be. She has video's on almost anything you want to learn, all in one easy location. And that is HERE

Thank you for stopping by and as my friend Lisa says; "My friends ROCK!!"

DT Teddy-Stampers!

Good morning everyone! I am really late posting this today but things were kinda out of sorts here for a few days. All is normal once again so just trying to catch -up! Don't forget to go and check out the winners on Teddy-Stampers if you participated in the blog for all the winners are posted there!! Good luck to ya.

The winner on my blog is Krista (Krista Designs)!! Wahoo!! Please email me your full name and email address!!

My card today is made using an image from Stamp Fairy...isn't he adorable?

Challenges:

•  Teddy-Stamper: Sketch
• Aifactory: Die cut or punch
• Digi Doodle Shop: Anything goes
• Hodge Podge Shop: Anything goes
• Pals Paper Arts: Ribbon or fabric
• The ABC Challenge: H is for holidays
• Creative Bella:  Something Old, Something borrowed, something blue
• Stampin' Royalty: Pattern paper

 

Supplies

•  DP: From last years stash
• Copic Colors
• Bear: E41, E51, E53 E31
• Red: R29, R27, R22
• Background: B000
• Ribbon Olfry
• Sentiment: K&C 

TIP OF THE DAY:  Shadows: Adding a little bit of color around your image helps make it pop! You can apply the shadows using Copics, Distress Inks and my favorite Chalk! The shadows on today's card happens to be done with Copic BG000 BG00.  I usually use chalk which takes me a whopping minute.  I apply it with a small cotton ball and the best part of using chalk ...is you can erase it!

Party Time Tuesday!

Hello my friends and a happy Tuesday to you! I have been MIA for the past week. My daughter, Amy is moving back home to Pittsburgh from the middle of PA. I watched Abbie and Andrew while she and her friends were loading the moving truck. I am back home now and have to much to get done. Can you believe Christmas is 40 days away??? Yikes! Did you start your Christmas shopping yet? Not me! We are going to Florida to see two of our children and their families for the Christmas holidays. I think we are staying home for Thanksgiving this year by ourselves. It will be weird not having any of the family around, but we'll enjoy the four day weekend together! I have to get lots of cards made before then! Tonight I received a 20 card order...wahooo  lots of work! So I best get moving here!

It's that time of week to enjoy Party Time Tuesday's challenge. It is one of my most favorite challenges and here is the reason why! It is a requirement to have a birthday sentiment on the front of your card. With the children and grandchildren it keeps me out of trouble!  The DT is quite creative so come on and join us for a good time!

Challenges:

• Party Time Tuesday: Easel Card, Birthday Sentiment
• Little Paper Shop: Die cut
• Stamp With Fun: Square
• Craft Hos' Challenge: Fall colors
• Ginger Loft Challenge: The great out doors...lol I think I have this one covered!
• Paper Sundaes: At least two of the following....Punches, Ribbon, Embossing or the color blue.
• Fairy Tale: Any thing goes
• Aifactory: Die cut or punch
 

 

Supplies:

• Image: Sara K  one of my most favorite artist
• Paper: DCVW
• Flowers: Prima
• Ribbon: Olfry
• Brads: Basic Grey
• Copics
• Hair: E25, E31, YR20
• Skin: E11, E00, E000
• Bluegreen: BG 72, BG11, BG00
• Yellow: Y15, Y02, Y00
• Blue jeans: B97, B95, B91
• Boots: C3, C1, C00
• Wood: Sorry, I didn't keep tract
• Red: R39, R37, R35, R32
• Scarf and dog: W3, W1, W00
• Nestabilities dies

Several things not to forget!

• Free Copic Classes over at Simply Scrapping Crafts and the awesome Copic Challenge Where you can win 2 Copic markers or 2 Variance Ink refills just by playing!
• Teddy-Stampers   one year anniversary blog hop which runs until November 18.  Awesome prizes to be won, including one from me!! You can read all about it in the below 2 listings
•  Party Time Tuesday is running a DT call and trust me you will love the DT . Kristie and Di are two of the most wonderful people to work for!  So come on over and put in your application and join the fun!

 TIP OF THE DAY: Do you need a colored embellishment: Well, you have it with Copic's! You can color on metal, ribbon, dried flowers, fabric, glass, leather, Easter eggs, and more! So when you need an embellishment to match your project...Color what you have with Copics!

 

It's Tuesday's Party Time, It's Tuesday's Party Time

Good morning!! So how many of you remember Buffalo Bob asking "Say Kids, What time is it?" and everyone would scream "It's Howdy Doody Time!" Oh no! Did I just give my age away? LOL. The old TV shows were so different from today and what we remember can be funny!

One day at the gym I said to one of the girls "Ok Kimosabe!" which is an expression I have used since I was a little girl. She quickly looked at me like I just insulted her and said "what did you call me?" I busted out laughing, once again I was showing my age. Kimosabe is what Tonto use to call the Lone Ranger and it means "trusted friend!"  Oh, when she had no clue what I was talking about...I felt ancient!

Ok, so who's been going around stealing the Mojo? Mine's gone, gone, gone and I want it back! First it is stolen from my friends and now mine...geeesh! Oh well, the show must go on!

It's Party Time Tuesday! Do you want the best challenge blog ever? Well, look no more for Party Time Tueday is here! So what's so great you ask? Well, let me tell ya!! There is one requirement, on top of the challenge of the week and it is you must have a birthday greeting on the outside of  your card! Now be honest, wouldn't it be nice to have all your B/D cards done before you actually need them? I think so!! So come on over and join the fun!! This week challenge is an inspirational challenge and the colors are Red,. Black and White!

Several things not to forget!

• Free Copic Classes over at Simply Scrapping Crafts and the awesome Copic Challenge Where you can win 2 Copic markers or 2 Variance Ink refills just by playing!
• Teddy-Stampers   one year anniversary blog hop which runs until November 18.  Awesome prizes to be won, including one from me!! You can read all about it in the below  listing
•  Party Time Tuesday is running a DT call and trust me you will love the DT . Kristie and Di are two of the most wonderful people to work for!  So come on over and put in your application and join the fun!

Challenges: 

• Party Time Tuesday:  Picture inspiration with the colors Red, White and Black
• Lexi's Creations:  Anything goes

My card for the DT Party Time Tuesday is very simple using the photo below this one for inspiration.

 

I really wasn't happy with the card above so I tore it apart and came up with this...which, not sure what to think!

 

Maybe a tad better!

Tip of the Day:   Cleaning your Copic Markers.  We have all experience the messy markers after using them a lot. Did you know when the inside of your caps are build up with dried ink,  you can actually cause your marker harm. You will no longer have an airtight seal.  What can happen is your ink dries a tiny bit in the nib and what you will might notice  is your paper will become tacky and sticky. So now what do you do. Carefully remove your nib and place it in a small plastic baggie with either 97 percent alcohol or your colorless blender solution. You leave the nib in the bag and after it turns white return it to the marker.

Cleaning your markers is very important and you want to clean inside the caps and around the area at the end of the marker where the nib slides into. You can clean it with Colorless Blender solution, rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer. Do not put the hand sanitizer on your nibs...to be honest I don't know what it could do and I just would not try it! 

 Visit the rest of the the Party Time Tuesdays design team for lots of great inspirations!  Hugzzzzzz

It's Happy Birthday to Teddy-Stampers

Hello Everyone!! It is time to celebrate! Teddy Stampers is turning ONE! Holy Cow that went fast!! We've been stamping with our teddies for a year and we want to celebrate with you! How??  We're celebrating by having a BIRTHDAY BASH!

There are several prizes to win this week and here is how to do it!  Visit each of the designers blogs
 LEAVE A COMMENT on each blog. Then when you've done,  hop back to the Teddy Stampers blog and upload a birthday creation of your own! You must do ALL of these steps in order to be eligible for a prize. And we have several sponsors today. Check this out:

Digital Delights by Louby Lou

Dragon Lair Designs

The Cutting Cafe

Doodle Dragon Studios

Deedee's Digis

Simon Says Stamp


That's a lot of prizes to win!! Plus, a few of our fabulous designers have some prizes on their blogs for one lucky hopper as well! So what are you waiting for? (hehehe I am one of them!)

I am having a random drawing for a yummy prize! To be eligible just follow me at the top of my blog  and leave a comment so I know you were here! What is that yummy gift you say?  It's a $10.00 gift certificate for Simply Scrapping Craft E-bay store! How cool is that!!

Don't forget about the free COPIC classes over at Simply Scrapping Crafts, trust me you have to see the great job Lisa and Judy did for the classroom! One word: Awesome!! And, please while your there sign up for my Copic Challenges! You will find it under challenges at the top of the page!! See you there!!

The theme today for Teddy-Stampers is "Happy Birthday!" I am using one of Dustin Pikes Digi bears to help celebrate. Isn't he so cute coming down in his Hot Air balloon to celebrate with us!!! If you like him he is Octobers free digi and November's free digi is now posted!

Challenges:

• Teddy-Bear Stampers:  Birthday Theme 
• Delightful Challenges - stitching 
• Paper Play (2 entries) - circles 
• Paper Romance - lots of whatever you want 
• Sassy Studio Designs - stitching 
• Stamp Insanity - punches
• ABC Challenge (2 weeks) - glitter 
• Creative Cottage (2 weeks) - embossing
• Freshly Brewed - anything goes, optional sketch 
• Creative Card Crew (2 weeks) - punches 
• Digital Tuesday - DIGI STAMP and framed 
• Paper Take Weekly - for boys / men
• Doodle Dragon Studio: Anything goes  (Blog of Dustin Pike... where I got today's image!)

Phew!!

If you came here first then hop right over to the Teddy-Stamper Blog and follow the bear tracks! If you are in the correct order than you want to hop on over to the talented Jerusha's blog and just wait to see what she has in store for you!! So why are you still here? LOL


HAPPY HOPPING!!

Teddy Stampers Blog

Sharon
Angelique
Cherie
Annie
Colleen ( you are here)
Jerusha
Lins
Desiree

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NO TIP OF THE DAY DUE TO BIRTHDAY BASH!

DT Party Time Tuesday!

Hello everyone! Did you have a great Halloween? We had over 150 children! I made up 60 little bags of candy for my grandchildren, Abbie and Andrew's preschool and wasn't home in time from my parents to mail them.  So I gave them first to the neighborhood kids and within 20 minutes all 60 bags were GONE!  Panic mode set in, but we had enough!

Ohmygosh, I have to tell ya what DH did!! We bought mix bags of candy and the other night, I walked into the living room and there was a big pile of candy wrappers. He looked at me and said "you know tonight they had on the news about certain candy bars not being good for the children and parents should throw them away, they have too many calories" as he pops another one in his mouth and he continued saying "so I am just saving the children!" I thought I was going to pee my pants!! What a hoot!

Several fun announcements today!! My card is for Party Time Tuesday. PTT is a  Birthday Card Challenge Blog with new challenges every Tuesday.  This week is anything goes so come on and join us, we all need birthday cards!! Let me tell ya, you should see the rest of the DT cards...they are totally awesome!! 

On Friday Teddy Stampers is having a one year blog  anniversary. Trust me, you do not want to miss the blog hop for they have awesome prizes lined up and one of them will be right here on my blog (shhhhh don't tell anyone!)  So don't forget to come back on Friday!! Hint, Hint...anyone can use my prize! Prizes will not only be given by the DT, but will also be given by the following Stores:

> Digital Delights by Louby Lou
> Dragon Lair Designs
> The Cutting Cafe
> Doodle Dragon Studios
> Deedee's Digis
> Simon Says Stamp

So don't forget about us and come back and play!!!

Challenges:

• Party Time Tuesday:  Anything goes
• Cowgirl's Sunday Challenge: Bling
• The Crafty Pad: Stitching
• The Paper Players: Anything goes
• Crafty Calendar Challenge: Birthday!!! Their first Birthday!
• Total Paper Crafts: Bling

Supplies! 

• Image: Sara K...I love, love, love Sara K!
• Basic Grey Paper
• Neeham for Copic stamping and coloring
• Prima Flowers
• Stickles
• Friskar punch
• Copics
• Hair: E31 E25, E50
• Skin: E11, E00, E000
• Pants E41, E43, E50
• Dress: R04, R02, R01 (I didn't directly apply R04, I kissed it with R02. 
• Shoes: W03, W01, W02
• Shirt: BG15, BG13, BG11 

TIP OF THE DAY:  Your digital ink bleeds when using Copics.  Several ways you can correct this!

 

• Change your print quality to fast draft mode. How to do this: Click print, on the next screen  preferences, next screen click on print quality and change it to fast draft. Everyone should be priniting on this mode for it will save your ink BIG time!
• Heat set it for several moments.
• Let it dry overnight before coloring.
• As soon as your image comes out of the printer, put clear embossing powder on it, click all the extra embossing powder off by turning it over and flicking it with your thumb then heat set.

Have a great day and see you tomorrow!!  Big thank you for stopping by today! Hugzzzzz
 

I'm home!

I am home!  Gosh, I missed you guys something terrible! Yet, I got to spend time with my parents and that was great!  My hubby and I helped them move from Nevada to Arizona, what a trip! It was very hard on my parents for they weren't sure where to put everything once we got there. DH went home in five days and I stayed 2 weeks to help unpack. Would you rather pack or unpack?  Me, I rather pack any day of the week over unpacking.  When you unpack everything has a new home and your just not sure where that might be. I'll tell ya though..I will never fly with US Airways again if I can help it. I wanted to stay an additional week to finish helping my parents and they wanted $490.00 to reschedule my flight. I thought maybe somebody didn't read the figures right and went to the airport....same thing. I asked what happened to the 50 -100.00 fee for rescheduling and the answer I got was "no it's now 150.00" I stood there and thought something is wrong with this picture so I asked "then why are you telling me it is 490.00 and the answer I got was "oh, that is before the fee is added"  Let me tell ya, if they go out of business it won't be anyone's fault but their own. I was not buying a new ticket and was flying ONE way in the USA...I wasn't going to Timbuktu...gesssssssssssh.

Anyhoo, my card today was designed by Daphne and I was on her DT in the very beginning. Very sad for she no longer does any digi's.  This was one of my favorites and I added the sentiment in Photo Shop Elements.
  
Challenge:

• Copic Challenge Corner: shadowing.  Each month win two Copic markers or refills for completing the months challenges
• Crafty Calendar Challenge: Birthday, they are celebrating their first year anniversary!!! YEA!
• Stamp Something: Pink
• Totally Paper Crafts:  Bling
• Digi Doodle Shop:  Anything goes

 Copics:

• Skin: E11, E00, E000
• Blue :  B04, B02, B00 B000
• Pink:  RV02, RV00, RV000
• Hair: E35, E31, YR20

TIP OF THE DAY: Shadowing your image.  Adding a shadow to your image makes it look complete. In the beginning I hated to add a shadow by taking my marker and just out lining it. I felt it was so dang obvious and didn't like it. Then I learned to take my colorless blender and go back over the outline shadow to give it a soft blend.

Simple Scrapping Crafts First Halloween Blog Hop

Welcome to Simply Scrapping Crafts First Annual Haunted Hallow Hop!  We have quite a line-up for you today filled with lots of tricks and treats!  Now what would trick or treating be without candy?  Eye candy that is!  Our DT has been busy at work in Dr. Jekyll's lab creating just the right formula to inspire your hauntingly sweet projects this year.  Be sure to comment all of the blogs along the way because we have "hidden" some extra special treats along the way.  There is no way to tell where we have them stashed, so be sure not to miss out!  Some of our hop hosts are giving an extra entry for becoming a follower.  Who doesn't appreciate more chances to win right? 

 All winners will be announced on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 via the DT blogs and also in the hop room at SSC, which can easily be accessed here .  You have until 11:59PM EST tonight, October 16, 2010 to comment for your chance to win.  All you need to do is click on each link and leave a comment as you hop along to the end of the list.   

My image is from Karen Doodles "Scare Crow Girl"  She really looks scary smiling at those black birds! LOL

Are you ready for a frightfully wicked Haunted Hallow Hop?  Let's get to hoppin'

• Deb 
• Maureen
• Georgia  
• Theresa
• Nikki
• Rona
• Colleen === You are here
• Amy
• Emily 
• Clare
• Pryn

Eden's 2nd Christmas October Digi

Happy Friday, everyone! Are you ready for a fabulous weekend starting tonight with the awesome Elisabeth Bell Digital DT and GDT blog hop? You are finally able to see the delicious new Elisabeth Bell's October digital that I have been talking about all week! Like I promise and now you will see why I said "you will love her!!

With no further delay I am introducing the sweetest image ever; "Eden's 2nd Christmas" digital image!

I changed the direction of the image to show you how many possibilities there are with digi's!

Elisabeth's inspiration came from this photo of her daughter, Eden on her second Christmas! Tell me isn't this the most adorable picture!!  I love it and can see how it inspired EB to create the awesome image she did for us this month! 

We have an awesome blog hop set up for you and do you know what else? There will be two chances to win this awesome Eden's 2nd Christmas Digi. (hint, hint read this sentence again!)and here is how!

Winner's Chance #1: Visit each Digi Bells DT and GDT blog listed below and leave them some love in their comments. If you get lost along the way, you can return to the Digi Bell DT blog and find your way back again. Each Digi Bells blog you visit will have a couple of words in their post to complete a sentence (written in bold of course!). After you have collected all the words from the DT's and GDT's blogs, return to the the Digi Bell Blog and enter what you think is the correct sentence. A random winner will be chosen amongst those who posted the correct sentence.

Winner's Chance #2; our second winner will be one lucky person who leaves a comment on the secret winning Digi Bells DT/GDT blog. The winner's name will be randomly drawn from the winning Digi Belles blog  and posted on their blog tomorrow or you can see it on the EBD DT blog.

Lots of hopping for a fabulous prize! Good luck to everyone! This is the order of the hop and you should have arrived here from Angelique blog.

Digi Bells DT

Janiel Corley

Jodi-Ann Lee

Lilian Tan

Lisa Futch

Lynda Nielsen

Patricia Soldenhoff

Tracy Valure

Wendy Ramlakhan

Digi Bells GDT

Angélique Nederpel

Colleen Holmes <-- you are here

Crystal Irwin

Lori Ng

Lydia Bancroft

If all else fails hug your teddy!

Good morning!The weather here is going to be gorgeous and with old man winter around the bend, I am going to spend as much time as I can outside!  I even hat the thoughts of winter this year. Last year we had over 60 inches of snow within two weeks time. AIt seems like it was only a few weeks ago...nope I am  not ready for winter. Are you?

Making this post really short and sweet.  I  need to finish some cards before I leave next Wednesday for Vegas. Our daughter lives in Vegas and my parents live over the mountain from her in Pahrump. We are moving my parents from NV to Yuma, Arizona! Yep, my butt is going to be dragging big time!

The card I made tonight is for Teddy-stampers challenge and our sponsor is Wags and Whiskers! I love their images and I was so excited when I found out they were the sponsors for this challenge.  The challenge is fall colors and of course your teddy bear!. I thought it was gong to be a lot harder to do then it actually was!! Check out Wags and Whiskers digital images and you will want to enter this challenge for a chance to win some digi's!

Challenges:

• Teddy-Stampers: Fall colors and a teddy bear!
• Flutter by Wednesday: Open theme and have either an angel, fairy or butterfly
• Charisma Cardz Challenge: Fall Colors
• Fab 'n' Funky: Use a digital image
• Freshly Brewed: Anything girly 

The image is Bear Hugs! Isn't she sweet and I always say if all else fails hug your teddy!

TIP OF THE DAY:  Tip to Tip blending:  You are working in a small area and there is not enough room to do blending or you only have two markers in a color family and one is dark and the other marker is light. Another easy fix and there are two ways of doing it.  Lay down your dark color on your image and for the middle color take your light color marker and touch the tip of the darker marker (Kissing!) and color with it. The blending of the two colors will give you your middle color. Don't worry about staining  the tip of your light marker for you just need to wipe it on paper or tissue until clean. The second way of doing this is again do the kissing technique adding dark color to your lighter color. Start from the dark side of your coloring pull your marker across your image in one long stroke to the lighter area. What will happen is the color on your marker will gradually fade into your light color. If you need to have it darker ...do the same technique until you get your desire color. If there are any questions or you don't understand please email me at: sweater32@aol.com 

Supplies

• Image printed on Cryogen White Paper
• DP: Basic Grey
• Border Punch: Friskar
• Butterfly punch: Friskar
• Ribbon Olfry
• Duddlebug Lily white glitter on the wings: SCACD
• Doodlebug lily white flock on the bottom of her dress
• Flowers: prima
• Leaves: Martha Stewart
• Bow Easy to make my bow: SCACD
• Roses; Prima from SCACD 
• Copic Markers:
• Green Dress: YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91
• Teddy:  E18, E17, E15, E13, E11
• Skin: E11, E00, E000
• Hair: E35, E31, YR21, YR20

Day 4 Elisabeth Bell's sneaky Peek

Happy Thursday!  I have to hurry and write this or pretty soon it will be Friday! Today is the last clue to Elisabeth Bell's new October Digi! Do you think you  know what the entire image is? Can you answer the question below? Do you want it? I know you do!  Then hop right over to the DT blog and answer the question and you just might be that lucky person!! When you see this last clue you are going to say "Ah, how precious!" Tomorrow night at 7PM Arizona time you will see just how precious this cutie is! No further ado and here is the final sneak peek and the question of the night!

Is this not the most precious little face you ever did see? I love it!
The question of the night is:

Q. What do you think of when you look at this (suuuper cute) little face?

So hop on over the Elisabeth Bell Digital Design team blog!  

Be sure to hop to the hopping blog hop (can you say that 10 times quickly!) tomorrow night at 7 PM Arizona time

Day 3 Elisabeth Bell's sneaky Peek

Happy Wednesday everyone!! Tonight it another sneaky peek of Elisabeth Bell's October New Digi!!  Two more days and it will be released on Friday with a blog hop!! And, yes there is candy to be won! Can you tell what tonight's sneaky  peek is? Then run over the Elisabeth's Digi Bell's Blog and write it in the comments. If you are the first one to answer the question correctly then you win a digi of your choice in Elisabeth Bell's Digi Gallery. How awesome is that? Trust me you will want this one...it is beyond adorable.

You need to answer this question to win tonight!

Q. What do you think that rounded shape is of?

 RUN...you know you want to guess! Hurry be the first one!!

New Copic Challenge Group!!

Happy Wednesday everyone! Yesterdays post I told you my card for my husbands birthday was almost completed!  Oh let me tell ya what I did! Yep, DH's card was really completed with the poem I wrote inside with x's and o's  and the whole nine yards. As I am looking at it I thought "gee,  I should sew these layers together to give it a really nice finishing touch"  Yep, I surely gave it a finishing touch!!! I sewed the dang card shut!! NO lie! I had to get a razor blade to cut the stitching to open it back up!! It was finished alright, I totally ruin it!!  I salvage the image and here is a new card I made with it. Nope, I didn't stitch this one!!! I am a ditz, but not a stupid one! LOL
    
The image I used is  "I love you grandpa" from  Karen Doodles images.  I love this image and my hubby is one of the best grandpa's around. He loves to spend time with the grandchildren and it's a good thing because we have 10 of them! We have both gained weight over the past couple years and this was just too cute and was perfect for his card!

Don't forget the Copic Challenges over at Simply Scrapping Crafts (SSC) and starting today  we will be giving two copic markers OR two Various (Copic) Refills to a random winner at the end of each month to a lucky person who completes all the challenges for that month!! Is that not awesome!! So you could enter the challenges and walk away with two Copic markers and they will be the color of your choice! Come on over today and join SCC and then join the Copic Challenge group! I would love to see you there!
Challenges:

• Simply Scrapping Crafts Copic Challenge Group: Coloring with grey, either hair or metal 

• A Spoonful of Sugar: Sparkle and shine 
• Digital Tuesday:  Digi, ribbon, buttons or bling
• Kaboodle Doodles Challenge: Colors that are around you.
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 Don't you just love it!

Supplies:

• Cryogen White for Copic coloring
• DP: Basic Grey
• Ribbon: Offry
• Sentiments: Hero Arts
• Punch: MS
• Copics
• Blue: B16, B14, B12
• Pants: E17, E15, B13, B11
• Grey Hair: C05, C03, C01, C00
• Brown hair: E31, E35, YR21, YR20
• Outline: BGOOOO and I went back over it with my colorless blender marker

TIP OF THE DAY: Copic Color Charts; I have taken several online and off line Copic classes and one thing almost everyone had in common is:  When you are ordering a lot of markers at the same time you order duplicate markers or markers you already have. Talk about frustrations...this is a big one and it happens more times then not. Solution: use the 334  Copic Color Chart which you can find here and color in the square after you receive your marker. I keep a chart for my markers and another one for my refills. Here is a picture of both of my color charts to help you understand this better! 

Have a great day and be safe my friends!

Elisabeth Bell Digi Showing

Happy Monday everyone! It is time again for the sneak peek of Elisabeth Bell's October Digi! Oh lordly, wait until you see this wonderful creation because it is going to be my new FAVORITE  and I would bet to say, it will be your new favorite too!! 

  

Today through to Thursday, I will be featuring a different sneaky peek here of October's Digi'.

And yup, there will be a blog candy give away every day between today and Thursday for each Sneaky Peek! So if you thought there was a lot of candy flying about, well, get ready for MORE!

For the chance to win today's Sneaky Peek candy - answer the question below in blue and you will be able to win your choice of digi from EB's digital gallery - all you need to do is answer the following question:

Q. What do you think you see, and which season do you think this digi is set in?

The first, most correct answer will be the winner. The winner's name will be on top of the Digi's blog post tomorrow at 7pm, Arizona time, followed by our second Sneaky Peek.

Leave your answer on the Elisabeth Bells DT blog  in the comment section!  Good Luck!!

Please scroll below to see my earlier post with great news for Copic Lovers!

LQQKIE I am so excited!

Happy Sunday Everyone!! How was your weekend? Mine was a fabulous weekend ending a fabulous week. One of the greatest things happened this week and let me show you my surprise when I hopped on over to Simply Scrapping Crafts!

Meet Colleen

"Certified Copics Designer"

Copics Challenge Group

**Announcement**

Starting in October the "Copics Corner" will be a challenge group only.  Colleen will be handling this group offering you a weekly Wednesday challenge for all Copic Lovers.